Victoire

Victoire was a brig captained by the Assassin Adewale in 1735. The ship was crewed by several Maroons, and it took part in an attack on a small fleet of French Navy vessels off Saint-Domingue in 1735. The ship surprised the fleet with its mortars and succeeded in boarding and sinking the French flagship Invicible after sinking her escorts, but Adewale was forced to sail the ship into a storm to evade more French warships. The Victoire was shaken violently by powerful waves, knocking Adewale overboard and causing him to wash up on the shore near Port-au-Prince; the rest of the ship capsized under a large wave and was wrecked.